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MCFARLAND WRECKING CORP/FRYE ART MUSEUM

Judicial · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 54117

$15K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
—
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
10-1987-0088
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-1189
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

THIS REFERRAL INVOLVES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION TO SEEK PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE WORK PRACTICE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE NATIONAL EMISSIONS STANDARD FOR ASBESTOS, 40 CFR PART 61 SUBPART M, PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 112 OF CAA, 42 USC 7412. 1) 201 GALER ST - ON 4/21/86, INSPECTOR FROM THE DEPT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES OBSERVED JOHN MCFARLAND SR, PRES OF MCFARLAND WRECKING CORP, STRIPPING PIECES OF ASBESTOS INSULATION FROM A BROKEN PIPE IN AN ALREADY DEMOLISHED SECTION OF OLD QUEEN ANNE HIGH SCHOOL. MCFARLAND HAD BEEN HIRED TO REMOVE ABOUT 3,000 LF OF ASBESTOS FROM PIPE AT THE FACILITY OWNED BY LORING ASSOC/QUEEN ANNE LTD PARTNERSHIP. THE INSPECTOR DID NOT ISSUE ANY DLI CITATIONS AGAINST MCFARLAND BASED ON THIS INSPECTION. 2) 1765 6TH AVE S - DURING 6/3/86 INSPECTION OF A BUILDING OWNED BY FRYE ART MUSEUM, AN INSPECTOR FROM PSAPCA FOUND DRY ASBESTOS IN UNSEALED BAGS AND LOOSE AND DRY ASBESTOS INSULATION IN A CARDBOARD BOX. NOTIFICATION HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED BY PSAPCA OR EPA FOR THIS ADDRESS PRIOR TO ASBESTOS REMOVAL. JOHN MCFARLAND SR CLAIMED HE HAD NOTIFIED PSAPCA UNDER ADDRESS OF 1701 6TH AVE S. THE PSAPCA INSPECTOR INFORMED HIM THAT THE NOTIFICATION WAS INADEQUATE AS IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE ASBESTOS REMOVAL FROM THE BOILER ROOM, LOCATED AT THE 1765 ADDRESSS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR, 61 .146. AS A RESULT OF THIS INSPECTION.

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